15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,

but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

16 The wages of the righteous is life,

but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty. 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: The fruit of the wicked to sin.

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

16 The earnings of the godly enhance their lives,

but evil people squander their money on sin.

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16 The labor of the righteous leads to life,

The wages of the wicked to sin.

15 Having lots of money protects the rich,

but having no money destroys the poor.

16 Good people are rewarded with life,

but evil people are paid with punishment.

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life;

The increase of the wicked, to sin.

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16 The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

15 The rich person’s wealth is ⸤his⸥ strong city. 

Poverty ruins the poor. 

16 A righteous person’s reward is life. 

A wicked person’s harvest is sin. 

15 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

16 The labor of the righteous leads to life;

the activity of the wicked leads to sin.

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;

the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

16 The wage of the righteous leads to life,

the gain of the wicked to sin.

15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;

the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

16 The wage of the righteous leads to life;

the gain of the wicked to sin.

15 The wealth of rich people is like a city that makes them feel safe.

But having nothing destroys those who are poor.

16 People who do what is right earn life.

But what sinners earn causes them to be punished.

15 The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,

The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

16 The wages of the righteous is life,

The income of the wicked, punishment.